he essentially refuses to talk about the Dolphins QB situation, he always tells people "look at the timeline" as a response to questions that he previously answered, pats himself on the back when he is (rarely) right, etc

Pretty much every Browns beat writer is awful. Terry Pluto offers some pretty solid, concise insight, but he's a columnist.

Not only do I think he is a shithead on TV but just going back a bit....He went to high school/college in Pocatello, Idaho where I was primarily raised. His brother (who also is a huge chode) owned one of those "rent to own" furniture/appliance places in town and was also a baseball coach in my junior league.

Anyways one day, Merrill shows up with his brother and everybody was pretty impressed and wanted his autograph on their baseball hats or whatever. He was signing for his brothers team, no problem but when kids from other teams went up to him (myself included) he wanted $50 to sign a hat for a bunch of kids. I remember him telling me and my buddy to "go ask your parents for it, I'm sure they have it".

I just remember him standing by the snack shack with his shirt off acting like a badass in front of a bunch of 12-13 year old kids lol.

he essentially refuses to talk about the Dolphins QB situation, he always tells people "look at the timeline" as a response to questions that he previously answered, pats himself on the back when he is (rarely) right, etc

he just comes across as a douche

That dude gets ripped apart on Twitter on a daily basis and it is hysterical.